Reel clamping handle for fishing rods



March 12, 1935. J. 5. BURDICK REEL CLAMPING HANDLE FOR FISHING B ODSFiled June 29, 1934 INVENTOR.

Jo/ saw 10K 1 WWW? ATTORNEY.

Patented Mar. 12, 1935 Y 1,994,449-

* UNITED STATES PATET r es,

V r insane I REEL CLAMPING HANDLE FGRFISHING John ,s Burner, Buffalo, N.Y essignoi it The American Fork & Hoe Company, Cleveland, Ohio, acorporation of Ohio 1 Application June 29, 1934, Serial No; 733,084

9 Claims. (01. 434-22) i This invention relates to fishing rods, andreward end'with the socket l1 and at the rear end lates moreparticularly toan improved and novel of the reel seat with the collar13. 1' means for detachably mounting the reel thereon. A conventionalreel 15 is provided with a reel Prior fishing rod handles of this typewith ba e 16, gen a y r ta u a Preferably 5 which I am familiar have hadthe clamping arched upwardly axially thereof, as indicated in 5- meansoperable Within or closely a'djacent the Fig. 3. I The forward end ofthe reel base is reel receiving portion of the handle rendering itadapted tobe c ved Within a pflcket 19 formfid difficult due tothelimited space for actuating by undercutting the front wall 20 of theE-reel the clamp means to 'secur'e'the reel to or remove seat. The top fce f the pocket 9j P 10 it from the handle. I provide a handle havingably inclined pw r ly and ou w y so that 10 a relatively'unobstructedreel receiving portion the fo w d dt reel base y be easily and clampmeans operable at the rearextreminserted therein. The front face 20 ofthe-reel ity of the handle. 1 seat is preferably-inclined upwardly andfor- It is a primary object of my. invention, there y, as indicated in v-a pl fore, to provide in a fishing rodan improved reel cle r n e f r hp p l portion of the l 15 clamping handle whereby the reel may be easily15 when inserting or removing the samefrom detachably secured thereto. vthe reel Se a r Another object of my invention is to provide The mannerof cla p n the reel base and an improved reel clamping h dl f fishingmaintaining the same on the reel seat will now .20 rods which isofrugged construction although be pl relatively light and which een' beeconomically A tubular Shankgl iS-DIOVided'With a 001191 manufactured. Il 22 and the portion of the shank forwardly of Another object of myinvention is to provide collar 22 is externally threaded whereby the animproved reelclamping handle fo fishing shankmay 'threadedly engagecollar 13 and be 25 rods provided with reel clamping 'means'which ideta'chably secured thereto, collar 22 abutting the '25 readilyaccessible and whi h may b e il a rear face of collar 13 andfrictionally maintainpositively manipulated. g ing shank 21 inengagement with the reel sup- F'Ihese and other objects of the inventionwill p rt 10. A l v 1 7 become increasingly apparent from a. eon id Acork or the like handle 23encases shank'21 tion of the followingdescription and drawing, rearwardly-of collar 22, being secured thereonin 30 he I y g a well'known manner. I f Fig. 1 is an elevational viewpartially in medial Although I have shown handle 23 as being section ofLa fishing rod handle embodying mythrearwardly tapering, it'isunderstood that a'hane vention, showing a reel secured thereto; of nsuitablercfimtour y be used. Fig. 2'is ,a plan view of the handleillustrated T rear io ef sha k 21 is internally 35 in Fig. 1, with thereel removed; and threaded as indicated at 24 to threadedly en- F g. 3vis a transverse sectional view taken g e l' 5 projected th u the boretherealong line 3--3'of'Fig. 1. of, the rearend of rod 25 terminating ina'p'ref- Referring now to the drawing, I have shown erably knurled head26 whereby the rod maybe 40 at 10 a. ree1 support; preferably formed ofr812 easily manipulated to move it longitudinally of 40 tively lightcast metal such as aluminum and shank The forward end f rod 25 is ofslight comprising a socket 11 adapted to receive and. reduced diameterto form a at for a genernon-rotatably secure therein the innermost endany a g s clamp z rotatably of a fishing rod, a depressed elongated reelseat secure. ereon y i o scr W 12, and a rearwardly disposed internallythread- It W111 now be undelstood that reel 15 may be 45 d to reel seat10 by projecting the fored collar 13 longitudinally aligned with socketsecure 16 th th cket 12. The rearward portion of the reel support 10ward portlon of the reel base W m 6 p0 19 and clamping the rear portionof the reel base is preferably provided with a depending hooked bymoving th clamp member" 2'7 forwardly to finger grip 14 whereby the rodmay be more engage the upper rear face of the reel base 50 curatelycontrolled- 7 through manipulation of the knurled head 26, The reel t 12s preferably Channel Shaped the reel being shown in clamped position inFig.

in ro a i c in 3, the up- 1. In order to more easily-secure or releasethe standing lateral edges thereof 18-18' flaring upclamp member 27 fromcontact with the' reel wardly from the reel seat 17 to merge at theforbase, I provide a slot 29 in head 26 whereby a V rearwardly extendingtubular hand grip element screwdriver or the like may be inserted torotate rod 25.

Although I have shown and described a preferred embodiment ofmyinvention, I"contemplate that numerous and extensive departures may bemade therefrom without departingv from the spirit of the invention andthe scope of the appended claims. f'

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:-

1. A fishing rod handle comprising a reel support having a rod receivingsocket'at its forward end and a tubular hand grip at its rear end, saidreel support providing a reel seat, and reel clamping means operablefrom the rear exterior of the hand grip and projected through'theborether'eof comprising a portion disposed forwardly'of the hand gripadapted to detachably and wedgingly' force the baseof a reel againstsaid reel seat, and

a manual gripping portion projecting-rearward- 1y of the hand grip foreffecting movement of the adapted toforce a reel base against the reelseat and the rearward portion of the rod projecting from the rear of thehand grip element to provide a manual gripping means effecting rodmovement.

' 3. A reel supporting handle provided with a manually grippedandrotated.

i 4. A reel supporting handle provided with a and clamping means toremovably secure the base of a reel on the handleforwardly of the handgrip comprising a rotatable rod projected through the bore of said handgrip, and threadedly engaging the same, wherebythe rod may be movedlongitudinally of the hand grip by a manual gripping portion extendingrearwardly of the hand gripelement, to effect engagement of the forwardend thereof with a reel base and direct downward and axial forwardpressure on-the reel base. A

5. A finishing rod handle comprising a reel support having arod'receiving socketat its for-1 ward end and a tubularhand grip at itsrear end, said reel support providing an offset channel reel seat, andreel clamping means manually engageable from the rear exterior of thehand gripand projected through the bore thereof to detachably clamp thebaseof a'reel upon said] reel seat by a forward portion of the roddisposed forwardly of the hand grip.

6. A fishing rod handle comprising a reelsupport having a rod receivingsocket atits forward 'end and a tubular hand grip at its rear end,said'- socket and hand grip being longitudinally aligned, the reelsupport providing a reel seathaving upstanding lat'eral walls, and reelclamping means operable from the rear exterior of. the hand grip" 7' fand projected through the bore thereof to detachably clamp the base of areel upon said' reel seat comprising a rod extending forwardly of thehand grip and includingarotatable. generally frusto-conioal reel baseengaging element." :5

"7. A fishing rod handle comprising a-reelsup port having a rodreceiving, socket at its,for-

ward end and a tubular hand grip atits rear:

end, said'reel support providing a depressed reel seat,the hand gripthreadedly engaging and of therod. v 8. A fishing rod handle comprisinga reel sup:

porthaving a rod receiving socket'at itsforward end, a threaded collarat its rearv end *andan. intermediate depressed generallychannel shapedreel seat,.a tubular hand'grip disposed rearwardly I: f

405 collar, and/reel clamping means operablefrom of the reel support andthreadedly engaging said the rear exterior ,of the hand gripcomprising-a rod projected through the bore thereof and threadedlyengaging the same, and provided with a generally frustoconical reel baseengaging. member rotatably mounted on the I forwardend V of the rod.

1 9. A fishing rod handle comprising areeljsup port having a tubularhand grip at its rearward end and a'forwar'dly disposed offset. reelseat, andv reel clamping means comprising a rod projecting through thehand grip boreextending rearwardly and forwardly therefrom,.the rear endv of the rod being enlarged to form a manual gripping means and theforward end of thefrod beingprovided with a relatively enlargedreel-base ,errf

gaging portion.

